Neurosurgery Physician Assistant

Overview

To be part of our organization, every employee should understand and share in the Yale New Haven Health System Vision, support our Mission, and live our Values. These values - integrity, patient-centered, respect, accountability, and compassion - must guide what we do, as individuals and professionals, every day.

Yale New Haven Health is expanding its neurosurgery services to include 24/7 Advanced Practice Provider (APP) coverage. We are seeking motivated and skilled Physician Assistants to join our growing neurosurgery team. This dynamic role offers a rotating schedule of either four 10‑hour shifts or three 13‑hour shifts, including days, nights, and weekends, to support continuous patient care.

Schedule: Full time, benefits eligible

• Provide post‑operative care for neurosurgical patients, including those with brain, spine, and stroke‑related conditions
• Perform daily rounding and post‑operative management
• Prepare and complete discharge summaries
• Assist with the management of patients with external ventricular drains (EVDs)
• Evaluate and manage neurosurgery consults, including:
  • Presenting and discussing cases with neurosurgeons
  • Acting as a liaison between neurosurgery and other services (Medicine, Surgery, Trauma, SICU)
• Respond to trauma patients with critical neurosurgical injuries in collaboration with trauma and emergency teams
• Perform bedside procedures including:
  • Removal of neurosurgical drains
  • Assistance with EVD placement

• Significant operative responsibility. Looking for someone with OR first assisting experience, and previous neurosurgery experience required
• Previous experience in neurosurgery, critical care, trauma, or surgical subspecialties preferred
• Proficient in high‑acuity patient management and multidisciplinary coordination
• Strong communication and critical thinking skills
• Willingness to work flexible schedules including nights and weekends

Join our team and play a vital role in advancing neurosurgical care at one of the nation’s top academic medical centers.

EEO/AA/Disability/Veteran

• 1.Clinical Care
  * The Physician Assistant (PA) or the Nurse Practitioner (NP) provides assessment, triage, and therapeutic management of patient/family needs throughout the disease process as an integral part of an interdisciplinary team. The NP/PA, whether the practice setting is the inpatient, ambulatory, or outpatient settings, provides optimal patient care, from diagnostic to prognostic matters. This individual works in collaboration with the attending supervising/collaborating physician(s) in accordance with state law and hospital regulations, hospital policy, protocols and clinical pathways and may provide autonomous team based care.
  
  * Obtains medical histories, performs physical examinations, reviews/orders diagnostic/therapeutic tests and radiologic results, formulates and manages patient treatment plans. The NP/PA may perform procedures, prescribe treatment and medications in accordance with institutional and state guidelines, as well as, when necessary for scope within specialty or professional competency standards. In some clinical specialties, the NP/PA may have autonomous practice managing certain patient populations.
  
  * The NP/PA may also function as first or second assistant on operative cases (as long as within position scope and job educational prerequisites are in place), using fine motor skills and manual dexterity.
  * Other clinical job duties may be applied in accordance with departmental and operational goals, training related to profession and practice necessitated guidelines and responsibilities, inclusive but not limited to responding to emergency situations within the YNHHS parameters
• 2.Patient Education & Psychosocial Support
  * The NP/PA will educate patients/families on care and recommended or available resources. In collaboration with the supervising/collaborating MD, this may be inclusive of admitting instructions, treatment plan, actual and potential side effects of treatments/medications, and discharge plan.
  * The NP/PA, as part of a multidisciplinary team, provides psychosocial support to patients, their family…